Internal Consultation Response relating to:

- NP/DDD/0514/0536 (6520)
- Elton Old Hall, Main Street, Elton,
- Listed Building Consent - To restore the original stone gate posts at the front of the property as agreed on the 20th September 2006 (NP/DDD/0906/0869)

Planning Officer: Steven Wigglesworth

Statutory Designations: Elton Old Hall was listed Grade II on the 12 July 1967. Please see the following link for the relevant list description, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1157912. The property is believed to date from the 17th century with early 18th century and later alterations and additions. Laid out in T-plan, the structure is two storeys with attic space to the south wing. The building is constructed from coursed rubble gritstone with gritstone dressings whilst the roofs are covered with Welsh slate and concrete tiles.

The north gable end to the property directly fronts the street, with a gritstone boundary wall containing the north-west corner of the curtilage to the building. The site is located within the historic core of the settlement and the Elton Conservation Area. The Elton Conservation Area was designated on 5 July 1996 and a character appraisal of this Conservation Area was adopted, by the Authority, on the same day.

Detailed comments/justification This listed building consent application proposes the re-instatement of the upper part of the gate-piers at Elton Old Hall.

The gate-piers are positioned within the front section of the boundary wall, to the north-west of the site. The remains of the former gate piers comprise two short gritstone piers, plain in design, set on a base made up on two courses of stonework with the upper course slightly splayed. The gate-piers were listed in their own right in July 1967. The list description for the piers described the feature as, 'Stone and square on plan with ball finials. C.18.Group Value'. However, the gate-piers were de-listed in 14 December 1983, presumably because they had been altered, i.e. the ball finials and top section removed.

A listed building consent was granted, in 2006, for the introduction of a top section to the gate-piers. This design was more understated than the current proposal. A listed building consent application was submitted for the current proposal in June 2014 and there were concerns about the initial design. Following extensive research, a sketch showing the former gate-piers was sourced from the Youth Hostel Association's archivist. The proposed design for the upper section of the gate-piers was amended in line with this drawing.

I confirm that, in this instance, I have no objection to the principle of re-instating the upper part of the gate-piers as shown in the revised drawing, submitted 25 July 2014. There is also no objection to the proposed size, mass and general design. I would suggest that the base to the ball finials and the top of the cornice to the piers are slightly amended, but this item can be a condition.

The proposed works will make good a historic feature that contributes to the setting of listed building and the character and appearance of Elton Conservation Area. In addition, the proposed re-instatement works are based on evidence of the former gate-piers. As such, this listed building consent application is in line with local and national planning policy. I therefore recommend approval with the following conditions. Suggested mitigation/conditions/footnotes

1. Full details of the proposed cornice to the gate-piers and base of the ball finials, particularly the design, shall be submitted and agreed in writing with the Authority, prior to commencement of this work.

2. Full details of the proposed stone and its tooling shall be submitted and agreed in writing with the Authority, prior to commencement of this work.

3. There shall be a recess to the internal face of the stone pier to match the lower part of the gate-piers. Hi Steven / Rebecca,

Please find attached amended design for gateposts at Elton Old Hall (NP/DDD/0514/0536) as discussed during the site visit on Monday 21st July.

Best wishes

Martin – 07876 232022

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Hi Martin Please find the attached Regards Mark

R M Eaton Stonemasonry www.rmeaton.co.uk 2650 overall height

Hall

650

600

470 Mr. and Mrs. Harrop - The Old Youth House - Exon. Proposed restoration of gateposts - Caroline Whittle - R.M.H. Exton Stonemason.

Proposal

Approv. £ 2080 Prop. £ 2450.

Existing

Proposal

Supply & fitting inc VAT from John Martin Volunteer Archivist for YHA (England and Wales)

1 Feversham Drive Kirkbymoorside North Yorkshire YO62 6DH Tel 01751 431572

jcmm@mac.com

Dear Rebecca Waddington

Thank you for your query concerning Elton Youth Hostel's gateposts. I am working as YHA's volunteer archivist.

I have searched through illustrations of the hostel in the Archive catalogue and my own collection and can find only one, a postcard sketch, that shows the original ball finials. It is dated 1954. A later postcard shows the finials to be missing. I hope that they provide sufficient evidence. The postcards also show that other alterations were made to the side garden wall and window provision early during YHA's ownership. You may be interested to correct your file notes: Elton Hall was a Youth Hostel from 1942 to 2003. It was purchased by them in 1942. If you have any further historical information on the house, I would appreciate it for our own historical file. If you client would like further information about the house's youth hostel years, please pass on my contact details.

Kind regards

John Martin | Description | |-------------| | Stone and square on plan with ball finials. C.18. Group value. |

**Site Plan**

- Old Lead Mine
- New Lead Mine
- Buck Lane
- East End

**Date**

- 14.12.83

**DELISTED ON**

- 14.12.83

**APRIL 1984** | District Code Number | Description | Inspection Date | Initials | State of Building | Use | Grams | Notes | |----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|----------|-------------------|-----|-------|-------| | | High boundary wall, gateway reduced in height, approx. 85 cm high. Some blocks from wall survive on site, but no evidence of ball finials apart from 1 ball finial to be seen in the first yard of a cottage opposite. | 13/12/77 | | | | | |

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